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Jones family of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri

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  John Rice Jones (1759-1824) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky.; Vincennes, Knox County, Ind.; Kaskaskia, Randolph County, Ill.; Potosi, Washington County, Mo. Born in Mallwyd, Gwynedd, Wales, February 11, 1759. Lawyer; member Indiana territorial council, 1805-08; member of Missouri territorial legislature, 1814; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention from Washington County, 1820; justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1820-24; appointed 1820; died in office 1824. Welsh ancestry. Died in St. Louis, Mo., February 1, 1824 (age 64 years, 355 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Jones; married 1781 to Eliza Powell; married, February 11, 1791, to Mary Barger; father of Rice Jones, John Rice Jones (1792-1845) and George Wallace Jones; grandfather of John Rice Homer Scott.
  Political family: Jones family of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Myers F. Jones — of Missouri. Member of Missouri state legislature, 1830. Died in Texas. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Brother of George Wallace Jones.
  Political family: Jones family of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
  John Scott (1782-1861) — of Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. Born in Hanover County, Va., May 18, 1782. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Missouri, 1814-17; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Missouri Territory, 1816-17, 1817-21; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. Genevieve County, 1820; U.S. Representative from Missouri at-large, 1821-27. Slaveowner. Died in Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., October 1, 1861 (age 79 years, 136 days). Interment at Memorial Cemetery, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.
  Relatives: Brother-in-law of George Wallace Jones; brother of Andrew Scott; uncle of John Rice Homer Scott.
  Political family: Jones family of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
  Scott County, Mo. is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Andrew Scott (1789-1851) — of Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. Born in Hanover County, Va., August 6, 1789. Lawyer; justice of Arkansas territorial supreme court, 1819-25; member of Arkansas territorial House of Representatives, 1831. Scottish ancestry. Killed Joseph Selden, another Arkansas Territory judge, in a duel on an island in the Mississippi River near Helena, Ark., May 26, 1824. Died in Norristown, Pope County, Ark., March 13, 1851 (age 61 years, 219 days). Original interment at Dover Cemetery, Pope County, Ark.; reinterment at Oakland Cemetery, Russellville, Ark.
  Relatives: Brother-in-law of George Wallace Jones; brother of John Scott; father-in-law of Joseph Russel Jones; father of John Rice Homer Scott.
  Political family: Jones family of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
  John Rice Jones (1792-1845) — of Texas. Born in Vincennes, Knox County, Ind., January 8, 1792. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas Republic Postmaster General, 1835-36, 1839-41. Welsh ancestry. Died in Fayette County, Tex., 1845 (age about 53 years). Interment a private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of John Rice Jones (1759-1824) and Mary (Barger) Jones; brother of George Wallace Jones; married to Ruth Mary Hawkins and Sarah Fidelia Heard; uncle of John Rice Homer Scott.
  Political family: Jones family of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Wallace Jones (1804-1896) — also known as George W. Jones — of Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa. Born in Vincennes, Knox County, Ind., April 12, 1804. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1835-36; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1836-39; U.S. Surveyor-General for Iowa & Wisconsin, 1845; U.S. Senator from Iowa, 1848-59; U.S. Minister to New Grenada, 1859-61. Welsh ancestry. In 1861, was arrested in New York City by order of Secretary of State William H. Seward on a charge of disloyalty, based on correspondence with his friend Jefferson Davis; imprisoned for 64 days; released by order of President Abraham Lincoln. Slaveowner. Died in Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, July 22, 1896 (age 92 years, 101 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
  Relatives: Son of John Rice Jones (1759-1824); brother-in-law of John Scott and Andrew Scott; brother of Myers F. Jones and John Rice Jones (1792-1845); uncle of John Rice Homer Scott.
  Political family: Jones family of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
  Jones County, Iowa is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary
  John Rice Homer Scott (b. 1813) — also known as John R. Homer Scott — of Arkansas. Born in Ste. Genevieve, Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., October 16, 1813. Democrat. Farmer; merchant; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Arkansas state senate, 1873; delegate to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874; Arkansas Democratic state chair, 1878. Scottish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Andrew Scott; brother-in-law of Joseph Russel Jones; nephew of John Scott, John Rice Jones (1792-1845) and George Wallace Jones; grandson of John Rice Jones (1759-1824).
  Political family: Jones family of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
Joseph Russel Jones Joseph Russel Jones (1823-1909) — also known as J. Russel Jones — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio, February 17, 1823. Republican. Secretary-treasurer, Galena and Minnesota Packet Co.; founder and president, Chicago West Division Railway; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1860; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1868; member of Republican National Committee from Illinois, 1868-70; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1869-75; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1875-77. Christian Scientist. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., April 11, 1909 (age 86 years, 53 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son-in-law of Andrew Scott; brother-in-law of John Rice Homer Scott.
  Political family: Jones family of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Image source: Chicago Daily Tribune, April 12, 1909
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